₦airaland Forum

@ johnie, I'm totally impressed by your post on what's happening on the Lekki Epe axis, very thorough. Well done. I wonder why it was moved to the Politics section, though. Was it not getting any responses on here?

Anyway, as you can see here is more of a market place, we mostly come here to advertise our properties. Hoping that will change with time.

@xplicit pro someone was recommended to me. Thanks for your interest and will keep your details for any future requests.

Roflmao

I see a lot of No-Tolling No-Fencing stickers and I saw a banner at the Chevron roundabout on the same issue. It's a good development that people are being sensitised to the facts about this project. We are all bracing up for what's going to happen at the end of the month/early August when the tolls are supposed to become operational. Almost everyone you speak to seems angry about the planned tolling. It is pretty annoying when one thinks of the fact that this inept company called Hitech in collaboration with LCC and some guy called Opuiyo Ofiorokumo thinks they can take people for a ride by expanding an existing two lane road to 3 lanes and want to collect toll for 30 years. Not just that, when you leave the existing toll gate just before the 1st roundabout, you have to undertake a grueling 2 hour long traffic jam to your home if you're going as far as Ajah. We shall see.

@ Timehin, that was such a nasty experience.

People generally think that just because you're an estate agent, you're immune from the prevailing challenges in the housing sector and even blame agents for the hike in rent which is not the case at all. And since Surulere is central and there's a lot of demand for good properties there, the landlord or his lawyer who was advising him knew that it would not take too long to let out the house.

I meet so many young people who come to me everyday, practically begging to help them get accommodation with one year's rent. Every developer is looking towards the middle to high income market. And since demand still outstrips supply in the middle to low income market, the challenge of finding houses for them remains.

duno:
How do we get our government to be responsive to our plight?

@ duno, that is a very good question. Thankfully, the Lagos State government recognises the problem which is a good first step. Can this legislation be enforced if it's passed into law? I don't know the political will of the average person in our society fighting for something that doesn't direclty affect them. Even things that do, when you speak out you find that you are a minority and the people that are affected will not even stand by you, though you are fighting for the good of all. It all boils down to the Nigerian attitude of being unconcerned and continuing to suffer and smile.

Let me ask you, if you are in a position to build a house and let it out, would you be altruistic enough to give it out for only reasonable periods of time like the one year rent you are advocating?

1. Miniflat available to let in Still Water Estate, Lekki Epe Expressway, after the Lekki 2nd round about.
Price: N750k/annum, 2 years rent required.

2. 2 rooms BQ to let in Still Water Estate. Price: N500k/annum. 2 years rent required.

Interested: Call/Text: 07026779630, 07031262670. Email: wealthy1one@yahoo.com.

The demand for housing especially in a place like Lagos is higher than supply and most houses are built by private investors as noted by some of the posters. As long as I use my money to build my house I can determine what I want especially if I took a loan to build it and I'm supposed to pay back the money and also make some profit.

The fact remains that government is not actively involved in providing housing and where they do, those houses are sold to civil servants and you find one director buying 10 houses and perpetuating the 2 years rent policy. When the bill for the prohibition of long rent was being debated in the Lagos House of Assembly I knew it would not see the light of day because who will enforce it? Is it the same people who are beneficiaries and who seriously do not have the interest of the common man at heart?

Typical, admin asleep as usual. Disgusting.

@ OP, seriously? That woman will be remembered in the annals of our history as "Macbeth". Witch Turai. No be only compassion. Nonsense.

This is too gory, please take this out of here or put a warning. Where are the moderators for God's sake? These are human beings, these are peoples family members.

I live and work on the Lekki-Ajah axis and while most of my briefs cover the Island in general and I have a network of reliable agents that I liaise with, once in a while I get clients who want something on the mainland. Having a client is very important, so you do all you can to meet their needs. But it's always very challenging looking for a house on the mainland, it's like searching for a needle in a haystack especially with the calibre of clients I have to deal with most of the time. I presently have a client who wants something in Gbagada/Surulere. None of the agents I contacted has been able to get me anything that suits the clients needs. Is it that finding a house on the mainland is extremely difficult? Does this somehow explain the exodus of people to the Lekki-Ajah axis and the increased vehicular and human traffic?

why is this guy still talking? he knew the challenges before he took on the job, so all these excuses are untenable. we need results not some lame excuses.

How do you rid NL Properties of fraudsters? How do you rid Nigeria as a whole of fraudsters? A very serious issue which unfortunately, has no simple answer. Will naming them and shaming them do the trick? What I normally advise people is to deal with agents based on recommendations. Even as an agent myself, I only deal with other known agents because the truth of the matter is there are fraudsters everywhere. If it sounds too good to be true, more often than not, it is.

Also, some clients don't like to be told the truth and fraudsters take advantage of this and will play to the wants of the client and at the end dupe them.

Bottom line: tread with caution at all times.

This is a very common practice in the UK. I met so many of such while I was there that this does not in any way shock me. Indians, Ghanaians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, etc etc, almost all the nationalities I met had cases of brothers to sisters to cousins to uncles and even knew a close person who did it with her Dad. I honestly don't think it's a big deal. It's just unfortunate that someone has ratted on them.

ok. i'm kind of rubbing my eyes and wondering where my reply to this topic is? did i breach any rules?

I receive such fraudulent emails regularly. You will find that people who have such money would not come to NL to make such a post. Or send emails telling you, 'we will do business, we will do business'. It's so annoying.

debosky:
The level of English comprehension on nairaland is shocking.

How do you explain a word using the exact same word? I will assume you were carried away and give you one more chance to show you do have some intellect somewhere in there.

lol

prosper:
Interesting.
You want to supply flegz.com some these titles ?

lol, no.

it's a good thing u r doing but still look into ur source of supply. like one of the shops in the complex that i use quite often, the guy always tries to get things at the cheapest rate. besides the fact that i supply them items for sale, i give it to them at prices lower than the rate at which they buy in the market and they don't even have to pay for transport. so u may just need to look into the supply aspect. i know the dollar fluctuation can also affect prices.

my local bookstore is in ikota shopping complex. and they are not pirated copies. there's nothing like quality or no quality, most people get their books from the US or at least the places i know like Laterna and the small shops that dot the island that sell books. and since i visit them quite often, i will not see the need to patronise u as long as their prices are lower. i visit bookstores all the time cos books are my passion and i do a very good price comparison. u r an online store, i expect ur prices to be lower.

Good and welcome concept and I'll patronise you any day if your prices are competitive but they are not IMO. Case in point: Andrew Murray on Prayer I bought it for N600 in my local bookstore. Ur price is N1450. Michelle Mckinney Hammond's Ending the Search for Mr Right, N880, ur price is about N1200 if I'm not mistaken. The art of War and some others, I don't even want to tell you how cheap they are. Maybe you need to get a cheaper supplier. Or does being an online shop make things more expensive?

I saw this guy with his lawyer on Larry King Live and I was gobsmacked. I thought it was some huge joke. I could only imagine that the guy and his lawyer may just be looking for some cheap publicity or how else can you explain such absurdity?

The things that men do ( I mean men as in mankind o, before the guys on nairaland will decend on me).

kai, what did I miss? Lawyer, what went down? @ chaircover, I wlil reply you in due course.

bawomolo:
Prophet Okija juju, wait till i expose you to your congregation

Some Frequently asked questions about The Nest and The Pines

1.What are the Terms of Payment?
A down payment of N50k is required for The Nest and N25k for The Pines. The balance is then spread over the next 18 months. So it's up to you how much you want to pay monthly. You can continue paying N50k or N25k monthly or choose to arrange your payments in such a way that at the 18th month, you pay the balance that is left.

2.What sort of document will I get when I subscribe?
The document you get when you begin the process is a letter from the company stating that you have subscribed to the estate for a plot or plots as the case may be and you will get a receipt for every payment you make. At the completion of payment, you will get a Deed of Assignment and a Survey plan.

3.Are there any additional charges?
We charge you an additional N20k for the documentation, which you can factor into your payment or pay anytime during the course of your making the installmental payments. The Survey also costs N100k for The Nest. I advise my clients if they can to pay for the survey early as prices tend to change annually. For example, it was N50k with the Ogun State government when we started and they recently increased it to N100k.


4.When can I start building?
You can only start building after you've completed your payments.

5[b].Will I have to conform to any building plans?[/b]
There are prototype building types ranging from 2/3/4 bedroom bungalows to 3/4 bedroom terraced houses, But if you choose to have your own design, it has to meet the requirements of the estate as we would not want all kinds of buildings dotting the estate and spoiling the original intention of having good quality housing. You have the opportunity of a free design consultancy and design review. Also, prototype built houses will be available for prices from N4m for the 2 bedrooms, up to N16m for the 4 bedroom terraced houses.

The Layout for the Nest is out and also the Global C of O which covers the estate.

There is a 5% discount for outright purchase.

@hesperus, lol. yes, they showed up. I don't think their response is as a result of where you live these days, though. I may be wrong.

Even I couldn't have envisaged a visit by men of the underworld when I started this thread over a week ago.

Precisely Thursday night/Friday morning, I woke up to the sound of a bang downstairs, I looked through the window and couldn't see anyone but I was hearing people talking in the compound. I kept wondering who it was when I heard someone say 'break am', then I knew there were thieves in the compound. I ran to my sister's room and I overhead her husband on the phone describing our location and I knew they were aware. Needless to say, under the circumstances, we resorted to praying. We also made calls to people we knew, not sure how they could help. Many called the police, who thankfully arrived on time, in fact, about 3 different sets came one after the other. They didn't catch the thieves because they ran when they heard the gunshots that were being fired as the police approached.

We were all visibly shaken after the incident but are grateful to God that we live to tell the tale without any harm to anyone.

okija juju, that was so funny

@jjyou, maybe if you talked about it, it would be easier to overcome the trauma of the experience. My younger sister works in a bank and in the week preceding Christmas last year, armed robbers went to their branch. I remember her calling me in panic after the ordeal was over, all she could mutter was armed robbers, armed robbers. She developed a rash on her face a few days after. She was still hearing the sound of the machine guns as the robbers tried to shoot down the door of the room where they were hiding. Thankfully, it was a bullet proof door. We keep talking about it all the time because I don't want her to have a phobia for her job and we also pray. It's all we can do in the circumstances.

There seems to be some areas that are very notorious for muggings in Lagos. In particular, Ikeja. I think some other high density areas but all the cases I've heard of have been in Ikeja.

Whether armed robbery or mere street robbery, any form of attack on your person can just leave you really traumatised. And in our society, there's no room for any form of psychological counselling after such incidents. People who come out of it are just usually glad to be alive and get on with life.

@honerico, it is indeed like being in a movie. It's over before you know you were an actor in it and you are left reeling after the action. It's a very unpleasant experience. Getting out with your life is the number one consideration while all is playing out.

A friend of mine was mugged thursday night and had his laptop stolen. He was walking home about 8pm when some two guys came and started dragging his bag. His initial startled attempt to resist led to him being hit on the head with some object which left a deep gash on his head. These guys will go on to sell that laptop for some peanuts; whereas the information on it is worth millions of naira. This is a very traumatic experience.

I remember once having my phone stolen and feeling vulnerable for months, looking over my shoulders all the time and distrusting people in general. My niece has had her phone stolen so many times, we've advised her to buy some cheap phone that can be easily replaced.

Have you ever been mugged? Or you know someone who has? Please share the experience here.